According to the Investigation, Ishtiyaq Ahmad Dar was shot at by unknown gunmen while he was returning home on his motorcycle. “He was Immediately taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead,”.

Kishtwar Police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder and bring the assassins to justice, Protests erupted in the town immediately after the news about the hotelier’s murder spread. Dar owned a hotel near the local bus stand in Kishtwar town.